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Needlework. Very good. The older girls make their own clothes.

* No. 21.-Italian Convent.

Discipline and Organization.—Very good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 127 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Very good. Composition.-Fair. Standard IV however should do letter writing.

Geography-Fair. A better syllabus is needed.

Arithmetic. Fair.

History. This subject must be taught in Standard VI, if not in Standard V. The necessity of this was pointed out in my circular of last year.

General-Until my standing instructions are carried out in full the school cannot again be classed as "thoroughly efficient."

* No. 22.-Bridges Street.

Discipline and Organization.-The teachers should not interfere in any way with the scholars during examination. The Chinese compositions done at examination showed a re- markable similarity. The drill is not good, and the scholars were almost inaudible. It is disappointing to find that very little attention has been paid to a Circular I issued last year in which I drew attention to a number of weak points in the Vernacular Schools.

Sanitation. Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 91 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair in upper Standards; poor in the lower Standards. Com- position. Poor.

Geography.-Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Poor. Written.-Good, except in Standard V.

General.-Though the School has been given the same Graut as last year, it cannot be again considered to be "thoroughly efficient."

* No. 23.-Sacred Heart.

Discipline and Organization. The discipline is good, more attention should be paid towards making the scholars auswer questions audibly, and in an orderly manner.

Sanitation. Quite satisfactory.

Floor Space -Sufficient for 78 pupils.

Apparatus.—A new map of the World is wanted.

Otherwise satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Poor. The teachers should take pains to see that every word is understood, as well as the general sense of the lessons. It is only fair to say that a much higher standard has been expected this year than last. But this is only natural, as the new method of teaching the subject has now been in force for two years. Composition.- Fair. In Standard IV several girls wrote without any reference to the subject set.